Echo exam of fetal heart at Glendale Memorial Hospital Health Center

1420 S Central Ave, Glendale, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1477610640

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$176.37

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$541.00

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Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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$48.77 with HCLA vs $443.01 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA < 21 $48.77 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicaid|Preferred IPA $48.77 ↓ -72%
HCLA Medicaid|Preferred IPA > 21 $48.77 ↓ -72%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $59.79 ↓ -66%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $59.79 ↓ -66%
HPN Medicaid|> 21 $59.99 ↓ -66%
HPN Medicaid|< 21 $59.99 ↓ -66%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $60.96 ↓ -65%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra > 21 $63.41 ↓ -64%
Health Net Medicaid|Alhambra < 21 $63.41 ↓ -64%
Molina Medicaid|All Plans $68.28 ↓ -61%
Kaiser Medicaid|> 21 $73.16 ↓ -59%
Kaiser Medicaid|< 21 $73.16 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $93.10 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $93.10 ↓ -47%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $93.10 ↓ -47%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $134.13 ↓ -24%
US Behavioral Health Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -23%
Care 1st Medicare|All Other Plans $135.12 ↓ -23%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -23%
United Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -23%
CareMore Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -23%
DHR Medicare|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -23%
HCLA Medicare|Preferred IPA $135.12 ↓ -23%
MHN Commercial|All Plans $135.12 ↓ -23%
Health Net Medicaid|DHR $135.25 ↓ -23%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|Alhambra Senior $155.39 ↓ -12%
HCLA Commercial|All Other Plans $168.90 ↓ -4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Alhambra $168.90 ↓ -4%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HCLA $168.90 ↓ -4%
Health Net Commercial|HCLA $168.90 ↓ -4%
HCLA Commercial|Preferred IPA $168.90 ↓ -4%
LA Care Commercial|All Plans $168.90 ↓ -4%
LA Care Medicaid|All Plans $206.30 ↑ +17%
Care 1st Medicaid|All Plans $243.85 ↑ +38%
United Commercial|Options PPO $245.18 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|PPO $245.18 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|HMO $245.18 ↑ +39%
United Commercial|Navigate $245.18 ↑ +39%
HPN Medicare|All Plans $248.86 ↑ +41%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $258.17 ↑ +46%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $302.96 ↑ +72%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Magellan $324.60 ↑ +84%
SCAN Medicare|All Plans $335.42 ↑ +90%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $340.64 ↑ +93%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $351.65 ↑ +99%
Healthcare Partners Medicare|All Plans $373.29 ↑ +112%
Care 1st Medicare|BlueShield Promise $405.75 ↑ +130%
Healthcare Partners Commercial|All Plans $416.57 ↑ +136%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $432.80 ↑ +145%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $443.01 ↑ +151%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $443.01 ↑ +151%

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Echo exam of fetal heart at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Arroyo Grande Hospital Santa Maria $495.63 $48.77 – $1,075.06
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $395.53 $48.77 – $601.70
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield $344.29 $48.77 – $742.40
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield $340.58 $48.77 – $733.12
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton $270.19 $48.77 – $753.58
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $351.84 $114.29 – $248.76
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $186.72 $57.60 – $235.20
Mercy Medical Center Merced Merced $492.86 $48.77 – $401.38

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